The Grand Tour: What Season 2 needs to get back on track

This Friday sees Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May screech back onto our screens for Season 2 of Amazon’s The Grand Tour. After the first season’s uneven run, we look at the seven improvements the show needs to get … Read More

Stranger Things 2: Spotting the 70s and 80s references and influences

It’s been several weeks since Stranger Things re-entered our lives and it’s safe to say that the majority of us devoured the retrospective spectacle within just a few short days (read along with our reviews of each episode). After the … Read More

Netflix and Amazon: Friend or foe to British TV?

Netflix, Amazon and other online streaming services could spell bad news for British TV, the BBC has warned this week, as funding in homegrown productions face a “serious threat”.

The rise of streaming platforms has been both a boon and … Read More

Jim Hopper dancing in Stranger Things wins the Internet

Netflix’s Stranger Things returned last weekend for Season 2, drawing a reported 15 million viewers in its opening three days alone. Some binge-watched their way through the whole thing in a matter of hours, others are still savouring each episode … Read More

5 reasons why the BBC’s Robot Wars reboot works

Robot Wars. Everyone’s favourite TV show about giant mechanical monsters beating each other to a pulp in Glasgow. The best thing about it? The monsters actually exist. In fact, they’re built by normal people across the country in their garages … Read More

Why Larry David is the hero we need right now

Larry David is back on our screens. And with the re-emergence of Curb Your Enthusiasm (for a ninth season, no less) comes all the cringe-worthy controversy we’re accustomed to, and, dare we say, endeared to, ever since that misunderstanding of … Read More

The Walking Dead: The 10 best zombie kills (Seasons 1 to 7)

After seven seasons of the hit zombie horror show The Walking Dead, countless walkers have been slain at the hands of the survivors. It would be easy, then, for the series to get stale. Despite their craving for brains, most … Read More

One Year On: Class and BBC Three’s missed opportunity

With Class officially cancelled by BBC Three, we bid a fond farewell to the series, and consider what would have happened in Season 2. Warning: This contains spoilers for Class Season 1.

In September 2016, Doctor Who fans were about … Read More

From Storaro to Star Trek: Discovery – 2:1 aspect ratio’s big journey to the small screen

What do Jurassic World, Stranger Things and The Handmaid’s Tale have in common? With the arrival of Star Trek: Discovery, we examine the new aspect ratio boldly taking over our screens.

Discontent with merely changing the world of cinematography, legendary … Read More

10 episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise that prove it’s not all bad

With Star Trek: Discovery almost here, we continue our #BackTrek countdown through the best bits of the sci-fi series to date.

Just as no one’s favourite Beatle is Ringo, so Enterprise comes far down the list of all the great … Read More